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Engorgement

I've been pumping exclusively for about 6 weeks. My breasts feels lumpy and tender repeatedly. Pumping more often used to help, but not anymore. Any suggestion to prevent lumpy/tender breasts to reoccur and how can I treat this without breastfeeding ?

Re: Engorgement

I just researched this and found that it's usually caused by you making more milk than is needed. Makes sense in my case, b/c I have an oversupply, and need to provide one "extra" bottle a day for the daycare, so I'm now experiencing a plugged duct, which hasn't happened in a long time. You might want to check out this link http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/mastitis.html

Full time working mama to a precious
Due date was 05/02/2011 - born 04/04/2011 at 36 weeks exactly. and14 months and still going strong

Re: Engorgement

Re: Engorgement

Does that mean you are pumping every 4 hours and not pumping or nursing in between? That sounds like a long time to go without letting off the pressure. Different women have different storage capacity, and if you are one with slightly less capacity, it may simply be that your breasts are having to get overly full (for them) to produce the amount of milk your baby needs. Have you tried pumping a little less milk, but more frequently?